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TRANSLATION.
4.-Kanarese portion. (L. 1.) Hail! The following are the contents of the religious edict (dharmasásana), by which the illustrious maharájádhiraja and rajaparamédvara, the conqueror of hostile kings, the destroyer of the three kings (of the South), he who was unrivalled on the battle-field (as well as) in music and rhetoric, the illustrious Virapratâ pa, the illustrious Vira-Krishnaraya-maharaya, protected the two villages, (vis.) 1 village (called) Vangandru, which belonged to Henne-nadu, a division of Gutti-sime, (and) 1 village (called) Belachinte, which belonged to the slme of Uruvakonde, which (tro villages) he gave, on Friday, the 15th of the bright half of the month) of Vaisakha in the Virðdhi-samvatsara, which was the 1451st year of the illustrious, victorious and prosperous Salivahana-Saka, for (providing) the daily oblations (ampitapadi) to (the image of the blessed Lakshmi Narasimhadeva, the consecration (pratishthá) of which he (viz. king Krishnaraya) had caused to be performed by Arya Krishna Bhatta at Kșish ņ&pur& :
(L. 13.) " While we were firmly reigning on the throne of Vijayanagara, we gave, -at the auspicious time of an eclipse of the moon (smagrahana), on Friday, the 15th of the bright half of the month) of Vaisakha in the Virodhi-samvatsara, having given away gold and poured out water, with threefold repetition of the words (“Not Mine !")" and with a libation, for (providing) oblations (naivedya) to (the image of) the glorious lord of the whole world, the chief of the universe with its crores of minor worlds, the blessed Lakshmi-Narasiṁ hadeva, the consecration of which we had graciously caused to be performed by Arya Krishna Bhatta at Kșishạåpura,-1 village (called) Vanganaru, which belonged to Henne-nadu, a division of Gutti-sime, (and) 1 village (called) Belachinte, which belonged to the sime of Uruvakonde. Therefore we issued this) * Read fe ro.
- Read अमायेच. M Rand सा .
-Rend प्रतिष्ठान Road shufrowe
H. Krishna Smatrt, my Kanars istant, informa - Read बनसी.
me that it is still customary to utter the two Banskrit words * Read Oppo
in making a gift.
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